Gray box showing up when running coherence

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  1. toonetown

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    I am running Windows 11 on PD18 in coherence mode. Periodically throughout the day, a large gray box will show up for about 10-30 seconds covering the left half my desktop. It looks and feels like parallels is trying to show a window, but nothing is shown. When I switch out of coherence, the box goes away. Is there any guidance as to what could be causing this? It seems to have started all of a sudden - without a change to my parallels configuration, installed version, or windows configuration.
     
  2. Mikhail Ushakov

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    Hello,
    Parallels Desktop 18.3.0 with the fix for the issue has just been released. Kindly update Parallels Desktop to 18.3.0 and check if it works for you.
     
  3. omriamos

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    Same here.
    I'm using coherence mode 100% of the time.. Windows 11 is running in the background, and set to sleep when not in use (maybe it's related?).
    Every once in a while when I open a Windows program (even just the windows file explorer) I will also get this unclickable gray box window that covers about 33% of my screen (left side) for a few seconds, until it disappears by itself.
     
  4. JasonO7

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    i've got the same thing out of nowhere on my new m2 max 14" macbook pro. it's really annoying.
     
  5. Mikhail Ushakov

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    Hello,
    Thank you a lot for bringing this issue up!
    Kindly reproduce the issue again and collect a fresh technical report right at the moment of reproduction as per KB https://kb.parallels.com/9058 . Send me the 9-digit number here, please.
     
  6. JasonO7

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    Thank you, very hard to replicate this issue as it just randomly happens.
     
  7. JasonO7

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    not sure if it will pick it up or not, i may have done the report too slow, but i just hit the start button and the gray box came up.
     
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  8. Mikhail Ushakov

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    Thanks a lot, Jason!
    Unfortunately, there is no screenshots in the report, so we can't see what you observe and it's been taken a bit late.
    Would you reproduce it once again and collect it this way:
    - once the issue is reproduced, click the Parallels Desktop icon on the top Mac menubar > Help > Send technical data > click 'Attach screenshots and other files' > Send?
     
  9. GordonS3

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    I'm getting the same thing on a 2020 macbook pro w/intel proc. A gray box on the left side of the screen which appears randomly. Random meaning it can't be reproduced at will and is not allowing a screenshot. It seems to be happening to others...any ideas on when a fix will be available.
     
  10. GordonS3

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    419712119 ...that's the nunber given by the send tech report, I included a screen shot in that and I'm including the same one here.
     

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  11. macjay

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    I'm having the same issue - In Coherence all day long and this grey box randomly pops up at least 5 times a day. Sometimes without event interacting with Mac OS.
     
  12. UsanG

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    i am having the same problem. very frustrating
     
  13. MarkM45

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    I am having the same issue
     
  14. IanL10

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    Same here. It's getting really annoying. I will try to grab a screenshot.
     
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  15. OlafS11

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    Same Herr.
     
  16. WillC7

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    I am getting the same issue with M2 MacBook Pro and Parallels running Windows 11. The gray box appears temporarily when opening a new Windows application
     
  17. WolfgangS27

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    Same here, waiting for a solution to this issue. Couldn't manage to get a screenshot so far, the appearance of the grey box being too much erratic.
     
  18. DRC.Shrimp

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    I have a same issue. The gray box show up continuously at regular intervals.
     
  19. WolfgangS27

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    Anybody listening to theses complaints at Parallels?
     
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  20. RobW15

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    Same issue here.
     
  21. Asish

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    Hello @RobW15, Kindly collect an additional technical report 'https://kb.parallels.com/9058 ' (click Parallels icon || > Help > Send technical data > check "Attach screenshots..." > press Send Report) and send the report's 9-digit ID in a reply to this thread. So that we can investigate the issue from the reports.
     

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